{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38951 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38951 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-38951 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 9 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38951 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-38951 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 9 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38951 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Ibm Websphere Application Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38951/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38951/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-38951","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38951/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-38951","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-g3vr-f28g-hxqc"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WebSphere Application Server","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A remote attacker can cause the server to consume all available CPU resources via a specially-crafted request, leading to denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"ibm","cpe":[{"product":"websphere_application_server","vendor":"ibm"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/S:U/PR:N/C:N/AC:L/I:N/A:H/UI:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[],"description":"IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available CPU resources. IBM X-Force ID: 211405.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Denial of service in WebSphere Application Server","id":"CVE-2021-38951","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"ibm:websphere_application_server","products":["ibm:websphere_application_server"],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in InfoSphere Information Server","id":"CVE-2021-38952"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in MQ for HPE NonStop","id":"CVE-2021-38950"},"products":["WebSphere Application Server"],"published":"2021-12-09","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-1920","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-05-20"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-0462","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-01-27"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Security feature bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2011-1377","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2012-01-15"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-3186","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-08-30"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-1899","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-06-03"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-1901","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-06-03"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-1172","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-03-31"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-16","vendors":["IBM"]},"summary":"A remote attacker can cause the server to consume all available CPU resources via a specially-crafted request, leading to denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38951/"}